Why does the american southwest have deserts even though the rest of the country has temperate climates? a. the southwest receives more solar energy than the rest of the country at its same latitude. b. warm ocean currents bring hot weather to the area. c. the southwest is rain shadowed by the mountains of california. d. warm winds from the east heat up the area and remove any moisture.

Aresearcher is studying the science of attractiveness and asks volunteer test subjects to rank what trait they find most attractive in a person what type of variable is the dependent variable in this experiment

Fan egg cell containing the (n+1) number of chromosomes combines with a sperm cell containing the (n) number of chromosomes, what is the result of this union? a) all future somatic cells of the organism will contain the (2n + 1) number of chromosomes. b) all future somatic cells of the organism will contain the (2n - 1) number of chromosomes. c) only certain somatic cells of the organism will contain the (2n + 1) number of chromosomes. d) all future somatic cells of the organism will contain the normal diploid number of chromosomes.

In the practice of science, this type of reasoning is used to develop explanations.